Invention
Appellant’s invention relates generally to a method for
monitoring the execution of a program. Upon receipt of a first
address indicator, a probe logic circuit (108) searches a first
memory device (106) associated with the address indicator. If the
search produces no entry, the probe logic circuit (108) generates
a probe signal to indicate a miss entry in the first memory
device. Further, a temporal identifier signal is generated for
association with the probe signal for each address entry not
found in the first memory device. Finally, the temporal
identifier signals and the corresponding probe signals are then
stored in memory.
Claim 9 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
9. A method for monitoring an execution of a program, the
method comprising the steps of:
(1) obtaining a first indication including a first
address;
(2) searching a first memory device for an entry
associated with the first address;
(3) when the entry in the first memory device does not
exist, generating at least one probe signal indicating a
miss entry in the first memory device;
(4) generating a temporal identifier signal that is
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